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Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary
by Francis M. Walters, A.M.
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Title: Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
Author: Francis M. Walters, A.M.
Release Date: November 15, 2005 [Ebook #18779]
Language: English
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Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
by Francis M. Walters, A.M.
Edition 1, (November 15, 2005)
D.C. Heath and Co. - Publishers
Original copyright 1909
"It is quite possible to give instruction in this subject in such a manner as not only to confer knowledge which is useful in itself, but to serve the purpose of a training in accurate observation, and in the methods of reasoning of physical science."--Huxley.
PREFACE
The aim in the preparation of this treatise on the human body has been, first, to set forth in a teachable manner the actual science of physiology; and second, to present the facts of hygiene largely as applied physiology. The view is held that "right living" consists in the harmonious adjustment of one's habits to the nature and plan of the body, and that the best preparation for